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Lin-Manuel Miranda, the critically acclaimed songwriter, actor and director, is the creator and original star of Broadway s Tony-winning Hamilton and In the Heights. His work has garnered a Pulitzer Prize, three Tony Awards, three Grammy Awards, two Olivier Awards, and an Emmy Award, among others. Miranda is the recipient of the 2015 MacArthur Foundation Award, the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors and the 2019 Portrait of a Nation Prize.
The film version of, In the Heights, with Miranda serving as producer, songwriter and featured actor, will be released on June 10, 2021. He will make his film directorial debut with, Tick, Tick… Boom! which will be released by Netflix later in 2021.